Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 21:54:46 +0000 From: Peter Harrison <four.harrisons@googlemail.com> To: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Browser Message-ID: <D0D87BF2-37B7-4B88-8DD4-82F922C9881B@googlemail.com> In-Reply-To: <20120104212656.GA15264@hemlock.hydra> References: <CAHsiZG-op0MO79qaWG2gRLYLeaTKcip8iabQ%2B0AYQVK7iDZ5pg@mail.gmail.com> <20120104165405.GF8500@hemlock.hydra> <8C0EEF92-18FD-45A8-90EF-F26EC8762704@googlemail.com> <20120104212656.GA15264@hemlock.hydra>
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On 4 Jan 2012, at 21:26, Chad Perrin wrote: > On Wed, Jan 04, 2012 at 08:48:35PM +0000, Peter Harrison wrote: >>=20 >> Chad, >>=20 >> xxxterm is in ports - at least I have it installed on my netbook and >> although I can't remember how it got there, I never (ever) install >> stuff that's not in ports. >=20 > Thanks for correcting that. I did not find it last time I looked, = though > I may have relied on a nonstandard ports tree search tool that = sometimes > (unexpectedly) fails to update its search database. It's good to hear > xxxterm is available in ports. >=20 >=20 >>=20 >> I installed for exactly the same reasons you're looking at it - fast >> lean browser with good (vi-like) keybindings. >=20 > I'm playing with it now. I find I need to rebind a lot of = functionality > to make it feel really vi-like, and some of the bindings I would like = to > use are not possible with the keybinding configuration capabilities of > xxxterm as they are currently implemented. The maintainer has invited = me > to submit a patch; whether I do so will definitely depend on how much > time I have to figure it all out. In the meantime, I'm checking to = see > how well I can get by using it as my primary browser for a while. >=20 >=20 >>=20 >> Firefox runs like a dog on my atom processor, but I do still keep it >> around for some stuff although compiling to keep their release = schedule >> is gradually turning me off. >=20 > I don't blame you. >=20 >=20 >>=20 >> First impressions of xxxterm are that it's very good. The keybinding = is >> quite as good as uzbl or vimperator on firefox, but it's live-able >> with, and it seems to have fewer performance or configuration >> downsides. >>=20 >=20 > I find the keybindings of Uzbl and Pentadactyl better than those of > xxxterm so far; I stopped using Vimperator in favor of Pentadactyl a > while back, so I'm probably not qualified to comment on its current > state. >=20 > Did you mean to say "The keybinding is *not* quite as good . . ." or = did > you mean it is, as you wrote it here? Chad, Perils of typing too fast. Yes, I meant "the keybinding is /not/ quite as good" Peter Harrison. >=20 > --=20 > Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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